Matthew 2:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ In Rama was there a voice heard, Lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, And would not be comforted, because they are not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they were no more. [Jer. 31:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and much grieving. Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were no more.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ "A voice has been heard in Ramah, great weeping and wailing: Rachel crying for her sons. And she was not willing to be consoled, because they were no more."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Matthew 2:18 Cross References

Genesis 37:30

And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Job 14:10

But man dieth, and wasteth away: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

Ezekiel 2:10

And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Matthew 2:17

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Luke 8:52

And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleepeth.

Revelation 8:13

And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.